Scored for: solo voice and guitar
I have two children who survived the unpleasantness of the divorce of their mother and I when they were young. This song is my apology to them, and reaffirmation of my love for them and my grandchildren.
This recording is a live stream VCFA broadcast to the internet from the Songwriter’s Festival concert on 12 August 2015. Reed Robbins accompanies on guitar.
This is a live recording by the Aeolus Quartet from 24 October 2013.
Twenty-Eight is my reaction to the twenty-eight shooting deaths, including many young children, in Newtown, CT, on 14 December 2012. It traces the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
This composition was awarded an Honorable Mention for the William Averitt Prize in Composition for the year 2013.
Steven K Sanford 